Jane Jetson's Chair

Meet my first chair for the consignment store.

I actually bought her several years ago, 

because she has a really cool shape.

Her shape has lines reminiscent 

of a 1959 Plymouth Fury.

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Just like Mom and Dad used to drive.

She's just what you might expect of a chair 

found in Jane Jetson's house - Jane's desk chair.

(Jane probably blogs there.)

Only yesterday, this girl was suffering 

some serious mid-life crisis blues.

(I know I should have taken before photos...

but, sadly I did not. You'll just have to trust me.)

Her frame was a golden maple color, and it was

a tad beat up with patches of hardened tape residue

here and there - it had lost it's sticky decades ago. 

Some sanding and elbow grease took care of those.

I whipped out the new can of spray paint and

started spraying before I knew what hit me.

I noticed she had a couple of deep scratches. 

Sanding was not enough to take care of those, 

so I filled them, and sanded some more.

THEN I remembered to take some photos.

I filled scratches with this:

Her seat covering looked like this:

Not your typical upholstery fabric choice for 

a mid-century mod chair, eh? I thought so, too. 

It was probably some feeble attempt 

to bring her into the 1990s. 

On top of that, she had ZERO padding. Ouch.

(Most of us mid-century gals have seat padding to spare!)

When I removed her seat, I noticed 

she's joined together with large pegs. Interesting.

When I decided to paint her, 

I imagined her in bright turquoise or orange, with

a funky retro-inspired print seat.  

I actually bought those colors 

of spray paint at Home Depot. 

But I didn't use them.

WHY?

Because I remembered the super-cool vinyl 

I bought at Julie's garage sale.

Instead of going super bright, 

I decided on neutral. 

I gave the old girl a couple of coats of

Krylon's Champagne Nouveau. 

It matched the vinyl perfectly.

Next, I added a couple of layers 

of batting to her seat for comfort.

And she looks pretty nifty...just like I knew she could.

Today, she is a fine example of a lovely lady.

You may know someone just like her. 

She's getting along in years, but she still has style.

She's a little quirky, a little elegant,

and more modest or understated than some-

even bathed in muted gold.

But she's comfortable with that. 

It suits her just fine. She knows who she is.

Word for the Day:

I Timothy 2:8-10

⁸ I desire then that in every place the men should pray, lifting holy hands without anger or quarreling; ⁹ likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly attire, ¹⁰  but with what is proper for women who profess godliness—with good works.

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